climberslacker wrote:Has anyone been up recently? How are conditions looking for a sunday ascent? Also, is anyone else going to be up there?

-CS

I thought about going up to Mt Baldy this coming Sunday, but after looking at the weather report I'm going to pass.

I did make it to the top on Sun, Mar 6. It was sunny when I started. While on the summit the clouds were just beginning to roll in. It was really windy at the top as usual, I'm guessing 25-30 mph gusts. I started to descend and shortly after the summit disappeared behind clouds.

Didn't make it out. Mama kept me up til 1:30 Sunday morning so an early start was out of the question. Think I'll pack Friday night so I don't get lazy Saturday so I can play Sunday. Want to get back out before it melts out.

Baldy was beautiful again on Sunday. Unfortuntely, recent rains gave the off piste a good crust in most areas, but we found some sugary stuff down off Baby Stockton and South Bowl side. Lotsa, lotsa huge pinwheels back there! Conditions set-up pretty nicely for some avies this week. Telegraph looks like a death trap right now!

TacoDelRio wrote:I might add that there have been a plethora of avalanches lately. I don't know if plethora is the right word, but it sounds really cool and is probably a word-o-nym for "lotsa" or something.

And bring sunscreen.

uh...YEP! Blair and I ran into pinwheels the size of tractor tires! And of course LOTSA debris from point release slides from an assortment of slopes, all over 30 degrees.